When does Brazil export apples?

Brazil ships apples March–May, with February and June–July at the shoulders. These are export weeks out of the origin, not arrival weeks in your market.

When do Brazil apples arrive in Europe?

On the Brazil → Rotterdam run, quoted at 12–17 days port to port, that window lands around week 11–24 — March–June. Add the road leg at either end.

Brazil apple export season (2026)

Brazil apple export season

Brazil ships apples March–May, with February and June–July at the shoulders. Lands March–June on the Brazil → Rotterdam run.

Ships

March–May

February, June–July at the shoulders

Lands

week 11–24

on the Brazil → Rotterdam run, 12–17 days

Brazil apples: the export window by month, and the weeks each lane lands it.
Stage	Month J F M A M J J A S O N D
Ships out of Brazil	Ships march–may peak · february, june–july shoulder
Brazil → Rotterdam 12–17 days · week 11–24	Lands week 11–24 on the Brazil → Rotterdam run

Peak Shoulder Landing Port to port, across services rather than one schedule. Add the road leg at either end.

Varieties Gala, Fuji Load ports Pecém, Natal, Salvador, and Santos

Roughly March to July out of Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul, shipping through Santos — a conventional Southern Hemisphere pome fruit window, and agriculturally a different country from the north-eastern mango and melon regions.

Brazilian apple volume is modest next to Chile’s and South Africa’s, and much of it stays in South America. What reaches Europe does so from storage, on the seller’s timing rather than the harvest’s.

Last reviewed August 2026. Editorial ranges for a normal year, not a published schedule. Weather moves them, sometimes by weeks.

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Brazil apple export season

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